Tell me this job doesn’t have Tony Barnhart’s name written all over it.

How transparent could college football’s playoff selection process become? Try a media member in the room monitoring selection committee proceedings. BCS executive director Bill Hancock suggested as much to CBSSports.com on Monday.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for transparency,” said Hancock less than a week after BCS presidents approved a four-team playoff. “Maybe we have an ombudsman, maybe we have a writer come in. There are ground rules as to what you can write, but you’re welcome to be in this room. I think we have a chance to do some really cool things.”

It’s the “There are ground rules as to what you can write” that ties the room together nicely. I’m feeling so much more reassured already.

Obviously, I was being a little hyperbolic for effect and a cheap yuk. But really though, what is the difference in blowing fake smoke and not calling bull-shit on obvious, straight-forward issues?
If Baghdad Bob was unfair, how about Charlie McCarthy?

You know, I have been reading this blog for days now and I am sick and tired of the discrimination that’s going on here against “sock puppets.” Here ChicagoDawg was given a great opportunity to mention ME, a noted sock puppet, and instead he goes for that blockhead (literally) Charlie McCarthy. This comes on top of the steady stream of insults I have endured in the last several days directed at sock puppets generally. We can’t help it that we are made out of fabric rather than wood. I am actually flame-retardant which sure will beat the hell out of McCarthy and Howdy Doody any time there is a fire. I’m just sooo tired of being treated unfairly….(weeping softly)……..

“A media member” opens the door on a pretty large and diverse set of folks. How about Corso? Yipes! Claiming the “sunshine” of a constrained media is ugly…no hyperbole intended.
Why not have the whole thing open and televised? Why not? If you’re going to be fair and honest….why not?

Bill is a Commissioner on the verge of achieving a unique triple-double by inserting an opaque Tony Bagels into the selection committee

“Bill Hancock has achieved a unique double-double at the upper echelon of intercollegiate athletics. He was the first full-time director of the NCAA Final Four and is now the first executive director of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)….”

He’s just setting up the inevitable “Look inside the selection committee process” video story for the craptacular “Selection Show” on the network that gets the Playoff games … which will be re-aired on said network’s Bowl halftime show. Yippy.

Bloviation for the Dawgnation

Quote Of The Day

“It brings back a great Bulldog running back in Thomas who has NFL playing experience and has had success as a college coach at multiple schools. He also inherits a position that has been built to an elite level by Bryan. And it gives Bryan the opportunity to return to coaching the position he played and the one where he cut his teeth serving as a graduate assistant under wide receiver coach John Eason here at UGA. It also provides him with a new experience as a passing game coordinator.” -- Mark Richt, AB-H, 2/16/15